Werner Schubert (politician)

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Werner Schubert (born June 19, 1908 in Jena , † after 1988) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism , economic functionary and politician ( SED ). From 1954 to 1958 he was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .

Life

Schubert attended elementary school and completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker. He was already doing active political work in the Weimar Republic and became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1927 . During the Hitler dictatorship from 1941 to 1944 he took part in the illegal resistance struggle in the Magnus Poser group .

After the Second World War he became a member of the SED in 1946. He initially worked as a foreman, attended evening courses at the adult education center and became operations manager at VEB Carl Zeiss Jena . From 1954 to 1958 he was a member of the SED parliamentary group and a member of the People's Chamber . As director of the VEB Jenaer Glaswerke Schott & Gen. he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze in June 1968 .

On October 4, 1984, he took part in a meeting of fighters against fascism in East Berlin , to which the SED General Secretary Erich Honecker had invited. Most recently he was a member of the district committee of the anti-fascist resistance fighters Gera and chairman of the Jena district committee.

literature

  • Handbook of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 2nd electoral period, Kongress-Verlag, Berlin 1957, p. 365.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Central Committee of the SED congratulates Comrade Werner Schubert . In: Neues Deutschland , June 18, 1988, page 2.
  2. ↑ High awards . In: Neues Deutschland, June 21, 1968, p. 2.
  3. ^ Meeting with Erich Honecker on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the GDR . In: Neues Deutschland, October 5, 1984, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Schubert, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic functionary (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH after 1988